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Jun 7, 2025
Chenab Rail Bridge: World's Highest Rail Bridge Opens in India
Story by Priyanka RoshanPM Modi Inaugurates Chenab Bridge, Flags Off Vande Bharat in J&K On June 6, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the world’s highest railway arch bridge—the iconic Chenab Railway Bridge—in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district. In a historic push for railway infrastructure in the Union Territory, he also flagged off the Vande Bharat Express from Katra to Srinagar and unveiled the Anji Khad Bridge, India’s first cable-stayed railway bridge. These projects are integral to the Rs 43,780-crore Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL), a strategic national project aimed at bringing the Kashmir Valley onto India’s railway map. (Image: PTI)©Moneycontrol